Wolfpack Veilchen

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Wolfpack Veilchen
Active20 October 1942 -
7 November 1942
CountryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Branch Kriegsmarine
Size13 submarines
Engagements Convoy SC 107
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Siegfried von Forstner
Helmut Möhlmann

Veilchen (Violet) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 20 October 1942 to 7 November 1942. [1]

The wolfpack was a mass-attack tactic against convoys used by German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Service

The group was responsible for sinking eight merchant ships 43,935  gross register tons (GRT) and damaging a further two merchant ships 12,955  gross register tons (GRT).

Gross register tonnage or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 m3). Gross register tonnage uses the total permanently enclosed capacity of the vessel as its basis for volume. Typically this is used for dockage fees, canal transit fees, and similar purposes where it is appropriate to charge based on the size of the entire vessel.

Raiding History

DateU-boatName of shipNationalityTonsConvoyFate
2 November 1942 U-402 Dalcroy Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,558 SC 107 Sunk
2 November 1942 U-402 Empire Antelope Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,945 SC 107 Sunk
2 November 1942 U-402 Empire Leopard Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,676 SC 107 Sunk
2 November 1942 U-402 Empire Sunrise Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7,459 SC 107 Damaged
2 November 1942 U-84 Empire Sunrise Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7,459 SC 107 Sunk
2 November 1942 U-438 Hartington Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,496 SC 107 Damaged
2 November 1942 U-402 Rinos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4,649 SC 107 Sunk
3 November 1942 U-89 Jeypore Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,318 SC 107 Sunk
4 November 1942 U-89 Daleby Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,640 SC 107 Sunk
4 November 1942 U-442 Hatimura Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6,690 SC 107 Sunk
Total:56,890

U-boats

U-boatCommanderFromTo
U-71 Hardo Rodler von Roithberg [2] 20 October 19427 November 1942
U-84 Horst Uphoff [3] 20 October 19425 November 1942
U-89 Dietrich Lohmann [4] 20 October 19425 November 1942
U-132 Ernst Vogelsang [5] 20 October 19423 November 1942
U-381 Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf Pückler und Limpurg [6] 20 October 19425 November 1942
U-402 Siegfried von Forstner [7] 20 October 19425 November 1942
U-437 Werner-Karl Schulz [8] 27 October 19424 November 1942
U-438 Rudolf Franzius [9] 20 October 19425 November 1942
U-442 Hans-Joachim Hesse [10] 27 October 19424 November 1942
U-454 Burckhard Hackländer [11] 20 October 19427 November 1942
U-571 Helmut Möhlmann [12] 20 October 19427 November 1942
U-658 Hans Senkel [13] 20 October 194230 October 1942
U-704 Horst Wilhelm Kessler [14] 20 October 19427 November 1942

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Notes
  1. ↑ "Wolfpack Veilchen - Wolfpacks - U-boat Operations - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hardo Rodler von Roithberg". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Uphoff". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Dietrich Lohmann". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ernst Vogelsang". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf Pückler und Limpurg". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Werner-Karl Schulz". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Rudolf Franzius". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans-Joachim Hesse". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  11. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Burckhard Hackländer". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Helmut Möhlmann (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Senkel". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  14. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Wilhelm Kessler". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

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